Petri Nets for Systems Engineering
Subtitle: A Guide to Modeling, Verification, and Applications
By: by Claude Girault, Rüdiger Valk
Contributors: Valk, Rüdiger
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 607
ISBN-13: 9783642074479; 9783662053249
Subjects: Logic design; Computer Communication Networks; Telecommunication; Software engineering; Management information systems; Computer science
Other titles: With contributions by W.van der Aalst, P. Barril, T. Basten, J.-M. Colom, A. Diagne, C. Dutheillet, W. El Kaim, J. Espeleta, B. Farwer, M.P. Gervais, S. Haddad, J.M. Ilie, F. Kordon, R. Mackenthun, D. Moldt, D. Poitrenaud, M. Silva,M.-O. Stehr, E. Teruel, I. Vernier-Mounier, M. Voorhoeve
Description: Formal methods for the specification and verification of hardware and software systems are becoming more and more important as systems increase in size and complexity. The aim of the book is to illustrate progress in formal methods, based on Petri net formalisms. It contains a collection of examples arising from different fields, such as flexible manufacturing, telecommunication and workflow management systems. The book covers the main phases of the life cycle of design and implementation of a system, i.e., specification, model checking techniques for verification, analysis of properties, code generation, and execution of models. These techniques and their tool support are discussed in detail including practical issues. Amongst others, fundamental concepts such as composition, abstraction, and reusability of models, model verification, and verification of properties are systematically introduced.
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Table of contents: title: Part I. Introduction: Purpose of the Book; title: Acknowledgements; title: Part II. Petri Nets - Basic Concepts: Introduction; title: Essential Features of Petri Nets; title: Intuitive Models; title: Basic Definitions; title: Properties; title: Overview of the Book; title: Part III. Modelling: Introduction; title: Modelling and Analysis Techniques by Example; title: Techniques; title: Methods; title: Case Studies; title: Conclusion; title: Part IV. Verification: Introduction: Issues in Verification; title: State-Space-Based Methods and Model Checking; title: Structural Methods; title: Deductive and Process-Algebra-Based Methods; title: Conclusion; title: Part V. Validation and Execution: Introduction; title: Systems Engineering and Validation; title: Net Execution; title: Code Generation; title: Conclusion; title: Part VI. Application Domains: Introduction; title: Flexible Manufacturing Systems; title: Workflow Systems; title: Telecommunications Systems; title: Conclusion; title: List of Authors and Affiliations; title: Bibliography; title: Index.